Muse - Knights Of Cydonia Tab

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Standard guitar tuning: E
A
D
G
B
E
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Muse - Knights of Cydonia

Gtr.1 w/distortion and vibrato

  e                               
  B                               
  G                               
  D                                x4
  A                               
  E  0    2   3      5  5    7    

Gtr.2 Acoustic

  e                                
  B                  222  222 444  
  G                  222  222 444  
  D  2    444 555    222  222 444  
  A  2    444 555    000  000 222  
  E  0    222 333                  

Overdub on 3rd and 4th Intro. The rhythm isn´t bang on but you get the idea.

  e                                                    
  B                                                    
  G                                                    
  D                                                    
  A  7   5 7 9   7 9 10   9 10  12   12 10  9 7 9 7 6  
  E                                                    
All Tremolo Picked


  e                   
  B                   
  G                   
  D                   
  A                   
  E  19/////////////0 
Slide and Tremolo Pick down the neck.


  e  0    
  B  0    
  G  0    
  D  2    
  A  2    
  E  0    


Using your whammy bar, pick notes and vibrate them gently, but very quickly. You've
be light on the whammy bar otherwise it'll just sound out of tune.

  e                                                                              
  B                                                                              
  G                                                                              
  D  5   4  2  0     2  4  5    4  2  0     1    2  4  2   5  7  8    7  8  9    
  A                                                                              
  E                                                                              


  e                                                                       
  B                                                                       
  G  8   5  0  7     8   7  5  3     7   5  3  5     3  1  3    4    5    
  D                                                                       
  A                                                                       
  E                                                                       


All Tremolo Picked

  e  11   10  8  6    8  10  11   10  8  6     7   8  10  8   11  13  14   13  14  15    
  B                                                                                      
  G                                                                                      
  D                                                                                      
  A                                                                                      
  E                                                                                      


  e  19  16     18    19  18 16 14     18  16 14 16   14 12 14   15   16    
  B          16                                                             
  G                                                                         
  D                                                                         
  A                                                                         
  E                                                                         

For those of you who are interested in it, here is the trumpet part from the above two,
obviously it's hard to recreate the sound of a trumpet's valves on guitar, so it doesn't sound
exactly right. I'm pretty sure there's a harmony in there somewhere, but these are the
notes played.


  e                                                                                     
  B                                                              7            8         
  G        8 7 5           8 7 5           8 7 5 7     5h7h8        8       8   8       
  D    5 8             5 8             5 8                            8 5 8       8 5   
  A  6               6               6                                                  
  E                                                                                     


  e                                                                                           
  B  9    4h6h8      9  7 5 4h5h7    8  9 11 9h11h12  12   14 16 14 12  11   11 12 14 12 9    
  G                                                                                           
  D                                                                                           
  A                                                                                           
  E                                                                                           


Guitar transition to verse. (w/Delay and Reverb)

  e                              
  B                              
  G  4  4 4 4 6 6 6 6 6 6 4 4 3  
  D                              
  A                              
  E                              


Verse
Gtr. Play each chord for a bar, strumming lightly and using your whammy bar to add
to the chords.

  e   4                             3       
  B   4    4    9    4    8    9    3    4  
  G   4    4    9    4    8    9    4    4  
  D   6    4    9    4    8    9    5    4  
  A   6    2    7    2    6    7    5    2  
  E   4                             3       

"How can we win?"

  e  7         7             8      7    7    8    7    7    7  
  B    8         7         8        8    7    8    8    7    8  
  G      9         8     9          7    8    9    7    8    9  
  D                                                             
  A                                                             
  E                                                             


Re-Intro
Gtr.1 w/distortion and vibrato

  e                               
  B                               
  G                               
  D                                x4
  A                               
  E  0    2   3      5  5    7    

Gtr.2 Acoustic

  e                                
  B                  222  222 444  
  G                  222  222 444  
  D  2    444 555    222  222 444  
  A  2    444 555    000  000 222  
  E  0    222 333                  

Overdub on 3rd and 4th Intro. The rhythm isn´t bang on but you get the idea.

  e                                                    
  B                                                    
  G                                                    
  D                                                    
  A  7   5 7 9   7 9 10   9 10  12   12 10  9 7 9 7 6  
  E                                                    
All Tremolo Picked


  e  19\\\\\\\\              
  B                          
  G                          
  D                          
  A                          
  E              0           
Slide and tremolo pick, then hit the open E as hard as possible.


Synth Transition


  e                         
  B                    5    
  G              4   4      
  D        5   5   5         x4
  A  7   7   7              
  E    7                    


Synth arr. for Guitar

"No one´s going to take me alive"


  e                         
  B                    5    
  G              4   4      
  D        5   5   5         x2
  A  7   7   7              
  E    7                    


  e                         
  B                    3    
  G              4   4      
  D        4   4   4         x2
  A  5   5   5              
  E    7                    

"The time has come to make things right"


  e                         
  B                         
  G                    6    
  D              7   7       x2
  A  4   4 7 4 7   7        
  E    5                    


  e                         
  B                    5    
  G              4   4      
  D        5   5   5         x2
  A  7   7   7              
  E    7                    

"You and I must fight for our right"


  e                         
  B                    5    
  G              4   4      
  D        5   5   5         x2
  A  7   7   7              
  E    7                    


  e                         
  B                    3    
  G              4   4      
  D        4   4   4         x2
  A  5   5   5              
  E    7                    

"You and I must fight to survive"


  e                         
  B                         
  G                    6    
  D              7   7       x2
  A  4   4 7 4 7   7        
  E    5                    


  e                         
  B                    5    
  G              4   4      
  D        5   5   5         x2
  A  7   7   7              
  E    7                    


Guitar on repeat


  e                              
  B                              
  G   9      9      9      9 9 9 
  D     9      9      9           x4
  A       10     10     10       
  E                              
All P.M


  e                             
  B                             
  G   7      7      7     7 7 7 
  D     9      9      9          x4
  A       9      9      9       
  E                             
All P.M


  e                             
  B                             
  G   6      6      6     6 6 6 
  D     7      7      7          x4
  A       7      7      7       
  E                             
All P.M


  e                              
  B                              
  G   9      9      9      9 9 9 
  D     9      9      9           x4
  A       10     10     10       
  E                              
All P.M


Riff

  e                                                
  B                                                
  G                                                
  D                                         5      
  A  5h7 7 7 7  5h7 7 7 7  5h7 7 7 7  5 7 5   5 7  
  E                                                


  e                                                
  B                                                
  G                                                
  D                                                
  A  5          5          5          5     5h7 7  
  E    7 7 7 7    7 7 7 7    7 7 7 7    7 7        


  e                                                
  B                                                
  G                                                
  D                                                
  A  7p0 0 0 0  7p0 0 0 0  7p0 0 0 0  7p0 0        
  E                                         7 5 3  


  e                                              
  B                                              
  G                                              
  D                                              
  A                                              
  E  3p0 0 0 0  3p0 0 0 0  3p0 0 0 0  3p0 0 5h7  


End Solo w/ heavy Reverb

  e  12                10        9    7  5h7p5    3        
  B        12                                              
  G              12                                        
  D                                                         x 2
  A                                                        
  E                                                        
Tremolo Pick All Notes


End Riff

  e                                              
  B                                              
  G                                              
  D                                              
  A                                              
  E  3p0 0 0 0  3p0 0 0 0  3p0 0 0 0  3p0 3 5 7  


  e                                               
  B                                               
  G                                               
  D                                               
  A                                  5h7 7 5h7 7  
  E  3p0 0 0 0  3p0 0 0 0  3p0 0 0 0              


  e              
  B              
  G              
  D              
  A  2           
  E  0           

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e
B	222 222 444
G	222 222 444
D	2 444 555 222 222 444
A	2 444 555 000 000 222
E	0 222 333
e
B	9 4h6h8	9 7 5 4h5h7	8 9 11 9h11h12	12 14 16 14 12	11 11 12 14 12 9
G
D
A
E